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Perfect Ten: 10 times World of Warcraft was killed forever
As many of you reading this may know, World of Warcraft is a game that launched and then immediately died forever. It then proceeded...
ArcheAge’s player-run rogue servers are booming as the retail MMORPG’s sunset is looming
Now that fans of ArcheAge know for certain that their sandbox will be shutting down in June, there are some who are perhaps looking...
Fight or Kite: Pax Dei’s alpha is equal parts survival gameplay and grind-fueled crafting
In my experience, I’ve found "survival game" and "grindfest" are synonymous with each other in all but the rarest of cases. There just seems...
Wisdom of Nym: It’s OK that your Final Fantasy XIV character is going to look different in Dawntrail
So we've all had a chance at this point to play around with the benchmark for the next Final Fantasy XIV expansion, and that...
Albion Online’s European server is fully live and F2P for all players now – here’s the new music video
If it seems as thought we've been covering the launch of Albion Online's Albion Europe server for a really long time, well, that's because...
LOTRO Legendarium: 27 practical benefits of LOTRO’s player housing
There's this ongoing common perception in MMOs like Lord of the Rings Online that player housing is good for one and only one purpose:...
Stick and Rudder: So let’s talk about those Elite Dangerous pre-built ships
Over the past couple of days, I've been watching and writing about the fun little tire fire that Elite: Dangerous ignited when it announced...
Into the Super-verse: Why the resurrection of 20-year-old City of Heroes is worth celebrating, even if you don’t play
There's a certain poetry to the fact that this year, on the 20th anniversary of City of Heroes, we can all play the game...
WoW Factor: Exit BlizzCon, for good this time?
Back in 2021, we learned that there was not going to be a BlizzCon 2022. This did not surprise me, and I penned a...
As Warcraft turns 30, Blizzard has preemptively canceled BlizzCon for 2024
Well, you can read the headline: There's no BlizzCon this year after all, in spite of the fact that this is Warcraft's 30th anniversary...
Vague Patch Notes: When MMO designers build traps for players
So last week, I spent a whole lot of words talking about what "the meta" actually means when it comes to MMOs. Put very...
Tamriel Infinium: Will Elder Scrolls Online Gold Road’s spell scribing be a gamechanger?
All the way back in 1996, Bethesda introduced an interesting feature with its second Elder Scrolls RPG. Daggerfall included "spellcrafting," a system that allowed...
Kakao’s western version of ArcheAge is sunsetting in June
I'm sorry to report this morning that the western version of ArcheAge is apparently shutting down: While we were sleeping, Kakao announced that it...
Perfect Ten: Great MMO April Fools’ Day pranks from back in the day
There are two types of people on April 1st: those who are annoyed and indifferent to the tomfoolery going on all around them, and...
Community-led Infantry Online, SOE’s 25-year-old shooter, marches its way onto Steam
It's quite likely that we have several veterans of Infantry Online in our Massively OP audience. After all, this was a Sony Online Entertainment...
Vitae Aeternum: So just what is New World’s big June announcement?
For the past few months, Amazon Games has repeated the same mantra in regards to New World's future: Wait for the announcement in June....
Albion Online has kicked off early headstart for its new European server – no more wipes
There was a bit of a hiccup in getting it off the ground this morning, but it's here now: Albion Online's Albion Europe server...
Neverwinter’s 28th module, Adventures in Wildspace, lifts off on PC and console today
I can't tell you how relieved I am to see Neverwinter get back on the tracks of its traditional cadence, and that's exactly what's...
Bellwright brings its brutal medieval world of multiplayer survival to Steam early access
Will the second verse be different different from the first for developer Donkey Crew -- and more importantly for those who buy in to...
EVE Online’s Equinox expansion brings planetary mining and territory features to nullsec June 11
Tuesday, June 11th, is promising to be "the first step towards a radical re-invigoration of nullsec space" in EVE Online thanks to the launch...
